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Responsible Business 2008 (2)

MOBI 3 Paris: Unique CSR collaboration between DLA Piper, major French companies and the French Ministry of Education to help underprivileged schoolchildren.

Originality

6

Rationale

7

Impact

6

Total

19

Description

Driven by DLA, the breakthrough was getting top companies to work with the Ministry of Education. It sought to engage children, imaginatively, in the world of work. Intelligent choice of corporate partners saw Dassault contributing interactive 3D technology to liven up the sessions.

Responsible Business 2008

Legal Sector Alliance: an initiative to get law firms to act together on climate change.

Originality

7

Rationale

8

Impact

5

Total

20

Description

Without DLA Piper, the LSA would not exist. The thinking is that although law firms are not prime polluters, they are huge employers of people and do have environmental impact. This seeks to mobilise law firms to work together to create a footprinting tool for the sector.